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Part of a series of assessment
sheets for KS1/2 produced by David Warbrick. David explains: A single 2 sided A4 sheet
for each of the QCA units of work- there are 3 expected levels of outcome- Most children
will..... Some children will do better and...... Some children will not do as well
and....... The reverse of the sheet contains the "small steps" the learning
objectives for the scheme as a means of recording the achievements of those children who
didn't achieve the expected outcomes.
You can find further details and the whole set of sheets at David's website.(rtf files in zip archive)

Here's
a useful resource that you can download from its original source. A set of "I
can" self assessment sheets for each of the modules in the QCA Science scheme for
years 3-6. Each one has three sets of statements that match each of the 3 levels of
expected outcome in the QCA schemes. They are on the website of Graham Jennings of
Westdale School, Nottingham.

This zip
archive contains a MS PowerPoint file called Forces. It has lots of
examples of pushes and pulls. It would make a good discussion focus.
This presentation was originally designed for use with Y4 in a
school for children with MLD/SLD but would be useful in mainstream,
too. Thanks to Mairi Eggar.

A database
file produced by Mike Freedman. Contains a range of information
about the nine planets of the Solar System. Choose either csv file
whiich can be read by most data handling programs or the ready made
TextEase Studio version.

This little program simulates
the spread of disease through a population. Probably more suitable for KS3/4. (This was given to us and I think it is in the public domain. If you
know different please let us know!)

A data
handling activity for Y6. Figures and graphs are given for the
brightness of bulbs as their batteries run down. Questions are
asked about the interpretation of the data. Thanks to Steve Philp,
who says, "Beware, the numbers are made up and bear no relation
to any real cells or light readings".

MS Excel
thinks all time data are times of day or dates and so has trouble
adding or averaging time measurements. Here's a spreadsheet that
can. It totals and averages a series of times in minutes and seconds
(eg data from an experiment). The sheet will handle two sets of data
so you could, for instance, compare averages for boys and girls. (by
Mike Freedman)